Discrepancies in Scripture?
Skepticism is quite popular at this period in time—it is
“in vogue”. I really do not think that
sincere questions and doubts are bad. I
believe they are normal, and most people do struggle with some doubt and
skepticism at times. I believe the
offense comes when our questions and criticisms are coming from a prideful
attitude that desires not to believe.
That being said, there certainly are some things in
scripture which are hard to understand and I believe we are to intelligently
engage the scripture and conversations around us so as to explore the
truth. We came across this opportunity
right off the bat in this first chapter of Acts.
At first glance, it would appear that Matthew 27:5 and Acts
1:18 present contradictory telling of the demise of Judas. I ended up doing a fair amount of reading on
this due to my curiosity, and found some interesting thoughts, in commentaries
and histories, as well as online. The
bottom line for me? I do not think there
is a contradiction, I do believe both
accounts are true and factual, not at all mutually exclusive. I believe Judas did use the money, did
purchase a field, did hang himself on a tree within that property’s perimeter,
and after some time of decay, (and maybe a big wind?), his body did fall from
the tree, bursting open upon impact. The
following post gives more details and articulates this view (and others) very
well: http://thisblogchoseyou.wordpress.com/2008/04/30/the-death-of-judas-is-there-a-contradiction/#comment-5046
èMore
important than all of this, is the condition of our own hearts:
·
Are we in a place of humbly seeking the
truth?
·
Even though we are to love God with all of our
heart, soul, MIND and strength, are
we simply being too lazy to think intelligently about the
difficulties we run across in scripture or are we willing to engage them?
·
Are we too stubborn to want to understand
scripture since we know that somewhere along the way it will make demands upon
us?
Read and Pray:
2
Peter 3:14-16, James
4:1-10, John 8:31-32, Proverbs 1:1-7
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